Art show calls for entries

Entry deadline

The first ever Sustainable Art/Sound Art Show by the Cultural Arts Commission of South Lyon is requesting entries from artists, and has set a deadline of May 12.

This activity is supported by a mini-grant from the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs mini-grant program administered by the Anton Art Center. Sustainable Art is viewed as art made from disparate and often thrown away objects.

For example, one artist, Victor Leo, who lives in Northville, has submitted a Dale Chihuly piece he owned that became broken. Normally, the pieces would have been swept up and thrown away. What do you do with your Chihuly when it breaks? Well, you make more are out of it, according to Leo.

“I was really devastated when the piece broke because I respect Chihuly’s work so much," Leo said. "But then, as a glass artist myself, I realized this was an opportunity.”

Dale Chihuly is a world-renowned glass artist. Victor Leo, a retired Ford executive, has been making glass art for the past 25 years.

Another example is a stool made out of shock absorbers, the use of which has been donated, for the duration of the show, by Norm Fultz, owner of Norm’s Total Automotive Service, 115 W. Lake St. in South Lyon.

“I’m happy to help,” Fultz said.

Artists who work with repurposed materials can submit two photos of work with explanation to CACsouthyon@gmail.com. There is a $5 entry fee. For more information, contact Josie Kearns at 248-437-5206 or jakearns@umich.edu.

Church baseball outing

Father Battersby Council 7586 is organizing a trip to a Detroit Tigers game (against the Tampa Bay Rays) June 17 at Comerica Park in downtown Detroit. Game time is 4:10 p.m.

Cost is $45 per person, which includes a mezzanine ticket, the bus ride to and from Comerica Park and refreshments and munchies on the bus.

Attendees will meet at St. Joseph Church parking lot at 1:30 p.m. The bus will leave promptly at 1:45 p.m. Payment is required to reserve a ticket.

For more information, call Steve Penkevich at 248-486-1137 for tickets by May 15.